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UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a department of the United Nations Secretariat, is mandated to promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all rights established in the Charter of the United Nations and in international human rights laws and treaties. The mandate includes preventing human rights violations, securing respect for all human rights, promoting international cooperation to protect human rights, coordinating related activities throughout the United Nations, and strengthening and streamlining the United Nations system in the field of human rights. In addition to its mandated responsibilities, the Office leads efforts to integrate a human rights approach within all work carried out by United Nations agencies.  Website: www.ohchr.org/english/
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Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 February to 15 May 2017

15 May 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine: 14 March 2014 to 31 January 2017

11 February 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

Report of OHCHR mission to Bangladesh: Interviews with Rohingyas fleeing from Myanmar since 9 October 2016

3 February 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) MONUSCO-OHCHR. Report on Human Rights Violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Context of the Events of 19 December 2016

February 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

Report on the human rights situation in South-East Turkey, July 2015 to December 2016

February 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

End of mission statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst on his visit to Mexico from from 16 to 24 January 2017

24 January 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

How Can Children Survive Torture?

January 2017 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic on the situation of civilians affected by the capture of Aleppo

14 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

"Detained and Dehumanised" - Report on Human Rights Abuses Against Migrants in Libya

13 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 16 August to 15 November 2016

9 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Country Reports

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